free railroad ticket home. 8. Several thousand remained‚ however‚ along with some wives and children‚ in the unsanitary shacks during the steaming summer heat. Among the were a small group of committed Communists and other radicals. 9. General Douglas MacArthur‚ the army chief of staff‚ ordered the army to disperse the veterans. He described the Bonus marchers as a “mob…animated by the essence of revolution.” With tanks‚ guns‚ and tear gas‚ the army routed veterans who 15 years before had worn
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Matthew Ridgway - Early Life:Matthew Bunker Ridgway was born March 3‚ 1895‚ at Fort Monroe‚ VA. The son of Colonel Thomas Ridgway and Ruth Bunker Ridgway‚ he was reared on army posts across the United States and took pride in being an "army brat." Graduating from English High School in Boston‚ MA in 1912‚ he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and applied for acceptance to West Point. Deficient in mathematics‚ he failed in his first attempt‚ but after extensive study of the subject gained
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CASE STUDY: Merger of Zipcar and Avis Budget Group On January 2‚ 2013‚ Zipcar announced that it would be acquired by the Avis Budget Group. This merger may let staff members of both companies to feel uncertain and uncomfortable‚ especially of Zipcar and they feared that company was swallowed. Motivational problems related with finance were of major importance to employees of both companies and here too. The senior management and executive members of Zipcar company sought to gather and discuss
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Theory X and Theory Y Douglas McGregor (1906 - 1964) is one of the forefathers of management theory and one of the top business thinkers of all time. He was a social psychologist who became the President of Antioch College. He later became a professor of management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (he was succeeded by Warren Bennis). His book The Human Side of Enterprise (1960) had a profound influence on the management field‚ largely due to his Theory X and Theory Y. McGregor developed
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Review of the related literature The purpose of this study was to develop a concrete idea about the level of satisfaction of tourists who visited the Historical Spot in Corregidor Island. This chapter includes the opinions‚ reactions and reviews of tourists inside and outside the Phillipines who visited Corregidor island‚ The literature about the death march in bataan‚ malinta tunnel‚ the Filipino and American defenders‚ and the world war 2. Also included are the number of tourists visiting the
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BEAUFORT‚ Nc. — As Keith Rittmaster walked out of his trailer--arms filled with shovels‚ buckets and brushes--14 volunteers gathered around him. It was the day of the big dig‚ and Rittmaster led his group through a secret‚ Nancy Drew-style forest entryway into what he calls the “dolphin graveyard.” This group of biologists and citizen scientists came to exhume a skeleton of Moe the bottlenose dolphin‚ which Rittmaster buried nearly two years earlier. For marine mammals that dwell deep in the ocean
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Oftentimes‚ the American people expect the President to be a machine churning out progress in government and the country. However‚ we may occasionally forget that the president is a human being‚ just like every other American citizen. What makes the President the “President” is his personality‚ which has developed as time progressed. His personality is what makes him not a machine‚ but an admirable human being that paradoxically can represent what the government isn’t‚ a majority-rule entity.
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The X Theory and Y Theory Douglas McGregor‚ a social psychologist‚ introduced us to his famous X-Y Theory in his 1960 book The Human Side of Enterprise. Theory X and Theory Y are most commonly referred to in the field of management and employee motivation. McGregor’s theories‚ although over 40 years old‚ remain a basic principle from which to develop positive management. Both the X and the Y theories begin with the premise that management’s role is to assemble the factors of production. Theory
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To President Truman‚ The second I heard the news of I’m being relieved from my generalr position I was totally shocked and disappointed… I do not take the actions I have done for no reasons‚ I believe that everyone in the war have their own rules to do and decide about the next action he or she’s going to do. And to be honest I have always thought about the country. Every general‚ commander and even soldiers at the front line sacrifices their life to fight for their country (mostly soldiers)
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Citations: Charles M. Carson‚ (2005)‚"A historical view of Douglas McGregor ’s Theory Y"‚ Management Decision‚ Vol. 43 Iss 3 pp. 450 - 460 Kinicki‚ A.‚ & Fugate‚ M. (2012). Needed: People-Centered Managers and Workplaces. InOrganizational Dynamics (5th ed.). McGraw-Hill. Kopelman‚ R.‚ & Chiou‚ A. (2010). Examining
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